Museums & Centers

Read about how Melissa Cervantes, a student at Holy Names High School, embraced her first mentored, hands-on clinical research experience at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, ultimately presenting her work at a national conference and increasing her exposure to career possibilities in the biomedical sciences.

People often think of Muslims’ history in the U.S. as part of recent immigration waves, but Islam's roots here go back hundreds of years. Watch, laugh with, and learn from comedian Negin Farsad and Professor Hussein Rashid of Barnard College in this animated short (executive produced by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art) that illuminates some of Muslims' many contributions to this country.